boy your going to run out of space fast.

I'm already out of space...I do have another 700 ft^2 in the basement, buts its not ground level accessible.

maybe thats the first job for that mini skid steer-dig a walkway down to that 700ft^2 basement..sure would be a good test!

And with the arrival of my undercarriage parts and rubber tracks, I can finalize the design of the loader and get to building...

I needed to finish up a pesky little thesis before getting back to the loader project, but now I'm ready to go.

I measured the tracks, rollers, and drive gears and with that information designed the undercarriage layout. I will be manufacturing the idler/tensioner wheels fore and aft in the undercarriage assembly myself rather than buying them. Next I need to design some retainer plates for the undercarriage and then start ordering steel and cutting. I updated the track drive design too. I think I am going to go back to 1:1 drive on the motor/drive shaft connection since I probably don't need a top speed of 9 mph on this thing and would like the additional torque for pushing/pulling power.

any updates?

I've been trying to finish a tile floor in the basement so I can my shop set up down there and move some stuff out of the way in the garage. I did buy all my hydraulics though (except lines since I want to bolt everything down and measure before getting those). I'm hoping to finish the floor and set my basement shop up this weekend so I can get to cutting and welding after that. More to come soon...

Hi Zack, tracks look like they dig in really good. If you don't mind me asking, where did you get them?